- Business
- Feintool International Holding AG, headquartered in Lyss, Switzerland and founded in 1959, develops, manufactures and sells high-precision system components and assemblies using fineblanking, forming and electrolamination stamping technologies for the automotive industry and industrial applications; core products include rotors, stators, support flanges, coolant pumps, prismatic and cylindrical battery cell cans and lids, seat adjuster components, clutch elements, housings, fuel cell bipolar plates, electric motor cores and components for heat pumps, industrial trucks, ventilation systems and white goods. The company operates 17 production sites across Europe, the United States, China, Japan and India, serving major automotive manufacturers and energy infrastructure providers with a workforce of approximately 3,200 employees.
Feintool maintains a subsidiary relationship as majority-owned by the Artemis Group and focuses on three business segments: System Parts Europe, USA and Asia, emphasizing e-mobility components for electric, hybrid and hydrogen applications alongside traditional combustion engine parts.
In recent developments, Feintool sold its capital goods business, bundled under Feintool Technologie AG including subsidiaries in the USA, China and Japan, to CERTINA GROUP in late 2025 to sharpen focus on core parts manufacturing and e-mobility transformation, while establishing long-term technological cooperation in hydrogen technologies; the company initiated reorganization of electric motor components production at German sites announced in December 2024, reached agreements with employee representatives in Sachsenheim to retain partial production, relocated high-volume fineblanking and forming from Lyss to the Czech Republic by end-2025, commenced construction of a new plant in Pune, India for seat adjusters starting 2026 with potential hybrid parts expansion, secured a CHF 30 million lifetime order for electric motor cores from a major Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer ramping up in late 2025, underwent CEO transition to Lars Reich in June 2025 and Board changes electing Norbert Indlekofer as Chairman and Matthias Holzammer as new member in April 2025.